Problem 640. Getting logical indexes
This is a basic MATLAB operation. It is for instructional purposes.
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Logical indexing works like this.
thresh = 4; vec = [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8];
vi = (vec > thresh)
vi =
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Once you have this TRUE FALSE vector (I call it vi: Valid Indices)
It can be used to get the values out:
big = vec(vi)
big =
5 6 7 8
Given a vector, vec, and a value, v, return a binary vector that represents the indices where vector, vec, is equal to scalar, v.
Note, this works just as well with scalars and matrices.
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To get the indices where this comparison is true, see this Cody problem.
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Indexing I
- 27 Problems
- 236 Finishers
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- Getting the indices from a matrix
- First non-zero element in each column
- Return unique values without sorting
- Return a list sorted by number of consecutive occurrences
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- Check if number exists in vector
- Replicate elements in vectors
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- Return a list sorted by number of consecutive occurrences
- Replicate elements in vectors
- Get the elements of diagonal and antidiagonal for any m-by-n matrix
- Getting the indices from a matrix
- Check if number exists in vector
- Fill a zeros matrix
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- Construct an index vector from two input vectors in vectorized fashion
- Joining Ranges
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- Reindex a vector
- Longest run of consecutive numbers
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- Return elements unique to either input
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- Return unique values without sorting
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- Specific Element Count
- First non-zero element in each column
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